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- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of business plans from alumni starting... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
learning how to manage. Ultimately though, he would go on to spend 35 years at the company, becoming CEO in 2001. He was so dedicated to GE that, at age 50, he got the company's logo tattooed on his leg. Immelt, now venture partner at New... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
you with a stinging rebuke. When informed that his demand for a 30 percent annual return was unrealistic, despite assurances to the contrary from his bank’s investment adviser, the retiree groused: “If you guys from Harvard Business... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
development in the United States following her graduation from HBS. She fell in love with what was then Czechoslovakia during a visit to Central Europe and moved to Prague in 1991. "I worked in economic development and venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
bands of Arab paramilitaries and bandits. Even after destroying hundreds of villages, these janjaweed (armed horseman) continue to prey on those survivors who have fled to refugee camps. For women and girls who venture outside the camps... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
some $130 million each to join the major-league fraternity. Since these teams will largely consist of players existing clubs deemed expendable, backers can have few illusions that their investment will be rewarded - on the field or at the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin HT: Venture capital is a lagging indicator, trailing what’s happening in... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959) Two institutions completely changed the life of Charles P. Waite, says Patti Waite Bishop about her late father, a venture capital pioneer and founding partner at Greylock Management: the US Army and Harvard... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
accusations of price gouging and calls for generic alternatives. The few big companies still investing in vaccines saw their fortunes take an upward turn in the mid-2010s, as countries with growing economies, like China, expanded... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
provide the tools and services that will help older adults live longer, healthier lives. Investing in Experience Abby Miller Levy was motivated to start a venture fund in the older-adult sector after... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
spent about ten years in venture capital, working with various companies involved with health care, plastics, and packaging — all very useful experiences for running SmartPak. While they received their initial infusion of cash from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
(formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson), the venture capital firm he founded in 1985 as a small business investment company called Draper Associates. Conventionally dressed, his tie nonetheless depicts a map of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
significant investment in the area. At Kaiser Permanente, for instance, 25 percent of annual capital spending is invested in IT, and in the private sector, 102 telemedicine companies have received View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
began with a review of the case, which was focused on two decisions facing asset management firm BlackRock, Inc.: Should the company license its Aladdin operating system? And should it acquire Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM)?... View Details
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
have come from HBS.” Those friends have also been essential in the funding of Restorsea (www.restorsea.com), a line of luxury skincare products with an initial launch of day and eye creams. (Additional products, with expanded distribution, will roll out in 2013.) The... View Details
Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
The first conversation wasn't promising: The Secklers came in planning to set up a venture fund to support companies pursuing DMD treatments and were looking for a fund manager; Williams, a former SVP at Genzyme with no fund-managing... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
music producer and drummer whose mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice. I produce music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and perform about these issues.” Tucker: “I’m a principal at Troy, a View Details